"Filling you in: news and views from the world of dentistry"

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What are we talking about?
Some of the most common things patients seem to worry about, including sensitivity, crowding and discoloured teeth as well as dental health warning signs you shouldn’t ignore, like bleeding gums, aching jaws and bad breath.

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DENTAL implants are the most advanced way to permanently replace missing teeth and have had a fascinating development through the ages.

There may well have been an explosion in interest over the past decade, but the first implant is believed to date back to the year 600AD.

Today, dental implants are probably one of the most researched areas of dentistry. However, the modern titanium ones actually came about thanks to a chance medical breakthrough when researchers found that titanium can fuse to bone.